1997 Sports Illustrated

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Description[edit]

1997 Sports Illustrated is a 180-card set released by Fleer in the summer of '97. This would be the first set in a three-year partnership between SI and Fleer. The set features photographs taken from the archives of Sports Illustrated magazine.

Distribution[edit]

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99)

Reviews[edit]

Insertion Ratios[edit]

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 180 -
Extra Edition 180 500 ?
Great Shots 25 - one-per-pack
Cooperstown Collection 12 - 1:12
Autographed Mini-Covers 6 250 ?

Checklist[edit]

Promo[edit]

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  • 158 Alex Rodriguez

Base Set[edit]

Fresh Faces[edit]

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  • 1 Bob Abreu FF
  • 2 Jaime Bluma FF
  • 3 Emil Brown FF RC
  • 4 Jose Cruz, Jr. FF RC
  • 5 Jason Dickson FF
  • 6 Nomar Garciaparra FF
  • 7 Todd Greene FF
  • 8 Vladimir Guerrero FF
  • 9 Wilton Guerrero FF
  • 10 Jose Guillen FF
  • 11 Hideki Irabu FF RC
  • 12 Russ Johnson FF
  • 13 Andruw Jones FF
  • 14 Damon Mashore FF
  • 15 Jason McDonald FF
  • 16 Ryan McGuire FF
  • 17 Matt Morris FF
  • 18 Kevin Orie FF
  • 19 Dante Powell FF
  • 20 Pokey Reese FF
  • 21 Joe Roa FF RC
  • 22 Scott Rolen FF
  • 23 Glendon Rusch FF
  • 24 Scott Spiezio FF
  • 25 Bubba Trammell FF RC
  • 26 Todd Walker FF
  • 27 Jamey Wright FF

Season Highlights[edit]

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  • 28 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 29 Tino Martinez
  • 30 Roger Clemens
  • 31 Hideki Irabu
  • 32 Kevin Brown
  • 33 Cal Ripken / Chipper Jones
  • 34 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 35 Ken Caminiti
  • 36 Randy Johnson

Inside Baseball[edit]

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  • 37 Andy Ashby IB
  • 38 Jay Buhner IB
  • 39 Joe Carter IB
  • 40 Darren Daulton IB
  • 41 Jeff Fassero IB
  • 42 Andres Galarraga IB
  • 43 Rusty Greer IB
  • 44 Marquis Grissom IB
  • 45 Joey Hamilton IB
  • 46 Jimmy Key IB
  • 47 Ryan Klesko IB
  • 48 Eddie Murray IB
  • 49 Charles Nagy IB
  • 50 Dave Nilsson IB
  • 51 Ricardo Rincon IB RC
  • 52 Billy Wagner IB
  • 53 Dan Wilson IB
  • 54 Dmitri Young IB

SIber Vision[edit]

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  • 55 Roberto Alomar
  • 56 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 57 Scott Brosius
  • 58 Tony Clark
  • 59 Carlos Delgado
  • 60 Jermaine Dye
  • 61 Darin Erstad
  • 62 Derek Jeter
  • 63 Jason Kendall
  • 64 Hideo Nomo
  • 65 Rey Ordonez
  • 66 Andy Pettitte
  • 67 Manny Ramirez
  • 68 Edgar Renteria
  • 69 Shane Reynolds
  • 70 Alex Rodriguez
  • 71 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 72 Jose Rosado

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  • 73 John Smoltz
  • 74 Tom Glavine
  • 75 Greg Maddux
  • 76 Chipper Jones
  • 77 Kenny Lofton
  • 78 Fred McGriff
  • 79 Kevin Brown
  • 80 Alex Fernandez
  • 81 Al Leiter
  • 82 Bobby Bonilla
  • 83 Gary Sheffield
  • 84 Moises Alou
  • 85 Henry Rodriguez
  • 86 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 87 Pedro Martinez
  • 88 Todd Hundley
  • 89 Bernard Gilkey
  • 90 Bobby Jones
  • 91 Curt Schilling
  • 92 Ricky Bottalico
  • 93 Mike Lieberthal
  • 94 Sammy Sosa
  • 95 Ryne Sandberg
  • 96 Mark Grace
  • 97 Deion Sanders
  • 98 Reggie Sanders
  • 99 Barry Larkin
  • 100 Craig Biggio
  • 101 Jeff Bagwell
  • 102 Derek Bell
  • 103 Brian Jordan
  • 104 Ray Lankford
  • 105 Ron Gant
  • 106 Al Martin
  • 107 Kevin Elster
  • 108 Jermaine Allensworth
  • 109 Vinny Castilla
  • 110 Dante Bichette
  • 111 Larry Walker
  • 112 Mike Piazza
  • 113 Eric Karros
  • 114 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 115 Raul Mondesi
  • 116 Hideo Nomo
  • 117 Ramon Martinez
  • 118 Ken Caminiti
  • 119 Tony Gwynn
  • 120 Steve Finley
  • 121 Barry Bonds
  • 122 J.T. Snow
  • 123 Rod Beck
  • 124 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 125 Mike Mussina
  • 126 Brady Anderson
  • 127 Bernie Williams
  • 128 Derek Jeter
  • 129 Tino Martinez
  • 130 Andy Pettitte
  • 131 David Cone
  • 132 Mariano Rivera
  • 133 Roger Clemens
  • 134 Pat Hentgen
  • 135 Juan Guzman
  • 136 Bob Higginson
  • 137 Tony Clark
  • 138 Travis Fryman
  • 139 Mo Vaughn
  • 140 Tim Naehring
  • 141 John Valentin
  • 142 Matt Williams
  • 143 Dave Justice
  • 144 Jim Thome
  • 145 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 146 Paul Molitor
  • 147 Marty Cordova
  • 148 Frank Thomas
  • 149 Albert Belle
  • 150 Robin Ventura
  • 151 John Jaha
  • 152 Jeff Cirillo
  • 153 Jose Valentin
  • 154 Jay Bell
  • 155 Jeff King
  • 156 Kevin Appier
  • 157 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 158 Alex Rodriguez
  • 159 Randy Johnson
  • 160 Juan Gonzalez
  • 161 Will Clark
  • 162 Dean Palmer
  • 163 Tim Salmon
  • 164 Jim Edmonds
  • 165 Jim Leyritz
  • 166 Jose Canseco
  • 167 Jason Giambi
  • 168 Mark McGwire

Classic Covers[edit]

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  • 169 Barry Bonds
  • 170 Alex Rodriguez
  • 171 Roger Clemens
  • 172 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 173 Greg Maddux
  • 174 Mike Piazza
  • 175 Will Clark / Mark McGwire
  • 176 Hideo Nomo
  • 177 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 178 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 179 Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter
  • 180 John Wetteland

Parallels[edit]

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All 180 base cards are available in an "Extra Edition" parallel, which is serial-numbered to 500 copies each.

Inserts[edit]

Checklist[edit]

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Randomly inserted into packs is a folded checklist. When unfolded, the checklist measures 5" X 3 1/2"

    Great Shots[edit]

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    Each pack of Sports Illustrated contained a 5" X 7" Great Shots mini poster. Obviously, these "cards" are impossible to find without crease marks.

    • 1 Chipper Jones
    • 2 Ryan Klesko
    • 3 Kenny Lofton
    • 4 Greg Maddux
    • 5 John Smoltz
    • 6 Roberto Alomar
    • 7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
    • 8 Mo Vaughn
    • 9 Albert Belle
    • 10 Frank Thomas
    • 11 Ryne Sandberg
    • 12 Deion Sanders
    • 13 Vinny Castilla / Andres Galarraga
    • 14 Eric Karros
    • 15 Mike Piazza
    • 16 Derek Jeter
    • 17 Mark McGwire
    • 18 Darren Daulton
    • 19 Andy Ashby
    • 20 Barry Bonds
    • 21 Jay Buhner
    • 22 Randy Johnson
    • 23 Alex Rodriguez
    • 24 Juan Gonzalez
    • 25 Ken Griffey, Jr.

    Cooperstown Collection[edit]

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    This 12-card set features reprints of classic Sports Illustrated covers.

    • 1 Hank Aaron
    • 2 Yogi Berra
    • 3 Lou Brock
    • 4 Rod Carew
    • 5 Juan Marichal
    • 6 Al Kaline
    • 7 Joe Morgan
    • 8 Brooks Robinson
    • 9 Willie Stargell
    • 10 Kirby Puckett
    • 11 Willie Mays
    • 12 Frank Robinson

    Autographs & Game-Used[edit]

    Autographed Mini-Covers[edit]

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    This six-card set features an on-card autograph on a reprint of a classic Sports Illustrated cover. Only 250 hand-numbered copies of each autograph were printed, although Willie Mays only signed 115 cards.

    • Alex Rodriguez
    • Cal Ripken, Jr.
    • Kirby Puckett
    • Willie Mays
    • Frank Robinson
    • Hank Aaron